The tremor started in my left hand on a Tuesday. I was hunched over a 1940s land survey map, magnifying glass poised above a water stain that might have been hiding a property boundary crucial to a decades-old inheritance dispute. The kind of painstaking work that had always felt like meditation to me—just me, the … Continue reading The Weight of Paper and Time
Change
Music As a Megaphone for Change
Hey there, music lovers and change-makers! It's time to talk about the powerful fusion of two forces that have the ability to shake things up: music and activism. Throughout history, we've seen countless examples of how artists have used their platform and their craft to amplify important causes and inspire action. Today, we're going to … Continue reading Music As a Megaphone for Change
Bloganuary the Twenty-Ninth
Welcome back to Bloganuary, the daily encouragement from WordPress for bloggers to post something each day. Today’s prompt asks: How are you changing the world? I remember, as a kid, watching both the Winter and Summer Olympic Games and thinking... It's too much to have both Olympics in the same year. It's too much of a … Continue reading Bloganuary the Twenty-Ninth
Penny
Because today is Lucky Penny Day, our Sunday Scribblings prompt for this week is Penny. If you decide to write a post based on this week’s prompt, be sure to go back here and share your link so everyone can see how you interpreted things! Here’s what I did with it… The penny laid on the sidewalk throughout … Continue reading Penny
What’s Old Is New Again
I'm back y'all. Did you miss me? Don't answer that. I'd like to just assume that you did and that you've clicked on this post because you have seen sitting by your computer for weeks just waiting for new content from your friendly neighborhood Single Guy. So I'm gonna just assume that. Okay? I'm glad … Continue reading What’s Old Is New Again
Question of the Week #146
If you knew a thermonuclear holocaust would occur in precisely 20 years and no one would survive it, how would you change your present life? I kind of feel like I've answered this sort of question before. If you know you're going to die in so many days... Yeah, I get it. I wouldn't change … Continue reading Question of the Week #146
Question of the Week #115
Given the ability to project yourself into the past but not return, would you do so? Where would you go and what would you try to accomplish if you knew you might change the course of history? I don't think I'd want to do it. I mean, lets put aside the fact that every little … Continue reading Question of the Week #115
Question of the Week #109
Since adolescence, in what three-year period do you feel you experienced the most personal growth and change? Probably 2019-2021... I feel like those are gonna be some really good years. Really, though, I'd say the years I'm in right now. I'm in a great place right now. I'm finally doing something that I feel like … Continue reading Question of the Week #109
Question of the Week #94
On a busy street you are approached apologetically by a well-dressed stranger who asks for a dollar to catch a bus and make a phone call. He says he has lost his wallet. What would you do? If approached in the same way by a haggard-looking stranger claiming to be hungry and unable to find … Continue reading Question of the Week #94
A Letter to the President
I've never taken politics seriously. I mean, I take seriously the fact that there are men and women in positions of power throughout our country who make decisions that keep our government running. Sort of. The part I've never really taken seriously is the part where we, as citizens of the United States, are encouraged … Continue reading A Letter to the President
The Confusing Middle 